BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics

09/04/2026

New JIMD Reports Shortcast with Dr. Dan Brooks & Dr. Fernando Scaglia exploring a PNPT1-related case and the therapeutic potential of JAK inhibition.

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09/04/2026

This week the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine was delighted to host Dr. David Liu, professor at Harvard and investigator at the Broad institute, for the 2026 Jeanette Oshman Efron Distinguished Lecture. The title of his talk was “Mutation-Specific, Mutation-Agnostic, and Disease-Agnostic Therapeutic Genome Editing”.

09/03/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Lindsay Burrage Class of 2013 (Residency)/2014 (Fellowship) and Dr. Adam Hansen Class of 2020 (Ph.D.) on your Young Alumnus Awards!

Baylor College of Medicine announces 11 honorees to be recognized at the 2026 Alumni Awards ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 12, at Hotel ZaZa – Houston Museum...

09/02/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Cole Deisseroth of Dr. Huda Zoghbi's lab on the successful defense of his dissertation, “Natural Language Processing Expedites the Search for Pharmacologic Gene Regulators.” Cole recently defended his Ph.D. as a candidate in the Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program at Baylor College of Medicine.

08/18/2026

Careers in Genetics and Genomics is a seminar series that features faculty, graduate students, & postdocs sharing their pathways to genetic & genomic careers and the excitement of investigating the genome using Life's blueprint. Fri. Aug 28 at Noon. Register here: bit.ly/4zrUKtX

08/13/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Apoorva Thatavarty of the King lab on your successful dissertation! Apoorva's dissertation was “Clonal Interactions and Competition in Clonal Hematopoiesis.” 🥳

08/10/2026

Congratulations to Dr. P. Adam Weinstein of Dr. Sharon Plon's lab on your successful dissertation! Adam's dissertation was “Investigating the role of BRCA2 in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma predisposition.” 🥳

08/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Shelley Gibson of the Yamamoto lab on your successful dissertation! Shelley's dissertation was “Using Drosophila to Dissect Novel Roles of Hippo Signaling from Cuticle Pigmentation to Human Disease.” 🥳👏

08/06/2026

A single injection for knee osteoarthritis? Two-year Phase 1 results from Dr. Brendan Lee's team, published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, suggest PCRX-201 was well tolerated and may help improve pain, stiffness, and function over time.

— A single locally administered intra-articular injection of PCRX-201 into the knee was well tolerated in patients with moderate-to-severe knee...

08/05/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Hamin Lee of the Zoghbi lab on your successful dissertation! Hamin’s dissertation was “Elucidating Capicua function in development and neurological disease through its isoforms”